The Sierra Club submitted a FOIA request to the National Marine Fisheries Service for eight categories of records concerning Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act and its interaction with the Endangered Species Act. After the Sierra Club narrowed the request at the behest of the agency, the agency provided four partial responses, totaling 800 pages plus. After it became clear that the agency would not complete the request in a timely fashion, the Sierra Club filed suit.Complaint issues: Failure to respond within statutory time limit, Litigation - Attorney's fees, Litigation - Vaughn index

Case assigned to Magistrate Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte. Counsel for plaintiff or the removing party is responsible for serving the Complaint or Notice of Removal, Summons and the assigned judge's standing orders and all other new case documents upon the opposing parties. For information, visit E-Filing A New Civil Case at http://cand.uscourts.gov/ecf/caseopening. Standing orders can be downloaded from the court's web page at www.cand.uscourts.gov/judges. Upon receipt, the summons will be issued and returned electronically. Counsel is required to send chambers a copy of the initiating documents pursuant to L.R. 5-1(e)(7). A scheduling order will be sent by Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF) within two business days. by 1/4/2016. (cjlS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/21/2015) (Entered: 12/21/2015)

ADR Clerk's Notice Setting ADR Phone Conference on March 10, 2016 at 2:00 PM Pacific time. Please note that you must be logged into an ECF account of counsel of record in order to view this document. (cmf, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/1/2016) (Entered: 03/01/2016)

CONSENT/DECLINATION to Proceed Before a US Magistrate Judge by United States Fish and Wildlife Service.. (Garbers, Wendy) (Filed on 4/25/2016) (Entered: 04/25/2016)

2016-05-09

ADR Remark: ADR Phone Conference held on 5/9/2016 with Tamara Lange. A further ADR Phone Conference is scheduled for 8/4/2016 at 10:30 AM. The call-in information remains the same. (This is a text-only entry generated by the court. There is no document associated with this entry.) (cmf, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/9/2016) (cmf, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/9/2016) (Entered: 05/09/2016)

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STIPULATION WITH PROPOSED ORDER re 21 Order filed by National Marine Fisheries Service, United States Fish and Wildlife Service. (Garbers, Wendy) (Filed on 5/10/2016) (Entered: 05/10/2016)

ADR Remark: ADR Phone Conference held on 8/4/2016 with Tamara Lange. (cmf, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/4/2016) (This is a text-only entry generated by the court. There is no document associated with this entry.) (Entered: 08/04/2016)